I sat down with @owenjones.bsky.social to explain the Int’l law on the use of force applicable to the Iran War.
We discussed how the media fails to report not just the facts but the law and what can we do with an int’l law that seems unable to constrain rogue action
youtu.be/rQ5ijD7UMyc?...
Annual number of objects launched into space Line chart showing annual counts from 1957 to 2025 on the horizontal axis and counts from 0 to 5,000 on the vertical axis. The caption notes this includes satellites, probes, landers, crewed spacecraft, and space station flight elements launched into Earth orbit or beyond. From 1957 through about 2015, the plotted lines for individual countries and the world stay low and relatively flat; after about 2018, there is a sudden, steep rise, with the world total climbing to roughly 4,000 to 5,000 launches per year and the United States rising to just under the world total. Other series shown in the legend — China, Russia, Japan, France, Germany, United Kingdom, India, and European Space Agency — also increase more modestly and remain well below the world and United States lines. Data source: United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (2026). License: CC BY.
A record number of objects went into space in 2025—
4,510 objects were launched into space in 2025, surpassing the previous peak of 2,903 objects in 2023 by a large margin.
The data shows that US agencies and companies were responsible for launching 3,708 of these objects — 82% of the global total
Pleased to join the #EUSocialForum on Mar 4 in Brussels organized by @ec.europa.eu (DG EMPL).
I will present at the session “Growing wealth across EU Member States” to discuss disparities in the EU, their drivers and policy responses. 👇
employment-social-affairs.ec.europa.eu/european-emp...
Registration fee: 250 euros.
Several scholarships are available, covering the registration fee for selected applicants.
Join us in Rome! ceistorvergata.it/MGTA
A maximum of 70 participants will be admitted.
Apply by April 17, 2026.
Decisions by April 24, 2026.
Non-EU applicants who require a Visa may contact the organizers for an earlier decision.
The School is organized by
@CEIStorvergata, @DEF_TorVergata, @ECON_tribute
(together with A Scialà and P. Naticchioni I am also part of the organizing committee from @Giur_Roma_Tre @ScienzeTre )
Johannes Munster (University of Cologne)
Rafe Blaufarb (Florida State University)
Michael Otsuka (Rutgers University)
Katarina Pistor (Columbia Law School)
Rutger Claasen (Utrecht University)
This year's list of speakers:
Ellen Muir (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Camille Landais (London School of Economics)
@landais_camille
Maximilian Kasy (University of Oxford)
@maxkasy
Paul Milgrom (Stanford University) Stanford University
How should we think about property?
This summer school aims to bridge diverse disciplinary perspectives to develop a richer, more multidimensional understanding of property as both an economic institution and a site of normative contestation.
⌛️Applications are open for the Fourth Edition of the Summer School “Markets and Governments: a Theoretical Appraisal”.
This year’s theme: Property, Incentives and Conflicts.
📍Villa Mondragone, Rome | 📅 June 17–19, 2026
Full details 👇
ceistorvergata.it/MGTA
The great news of the day!
Thanks to Clara Martínez-Toledano (@cmtneztt.bsky.social) (Imperial College Business School) for her presentation of “Private Capital Markets and Inequality”. Next in the Inequality In Rome Seminar Series: Elia Benveniste (EBRD), March 11. Don’t miss it. Info: sites.google.com/view/inequal...
Submit your full draft paper via the AIEL webpage by April 15, 2026.
Acceptance decisions will be notified by May 15, 2026.
We look forward to your submissions.
Join us in Rome and apply.
All papers will be considered for the Ezio Tarantelli Prize.
Young scholars are also eligible for the Carlo Dell’Aringa Young Labour Economist Prize, including a €1,000 award.
The conference will feature keynote lectures by Katrine Løken (Norwegian School of Economics) and Giovanni Peri (UC Davis) and will host parallel sessions co-organized with INPS and the JRC Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation (CC-ME) of the European Commission.
Happy to announce the Call for Papers for the 41st Conference of the Italian Association of Labour Economics joint with AIEL, Department of Political Sciences & the Department of Law of Roma Tre University
📍 Roma Tre University
🗓️ Sept 17–19, 2026
Discover more and apply 👇
www.aiel.it/Home/Events?...
Looking forward to our next Inequality in Rome seminar at the Department of Law at Roma Tre University
🗓️Feb 25, 2026
Private Capital Markets and Inequality
Clara Martínez-Toledano (@cmtneztt.bsky.social - Imperial Business School)
Info and registration: sites.google.com/view/inequal...
Glad to have hosted Stefano Caria (University of Oxford - @oxfordcsae.bsky.social) at @Giur_Roma_Tre for the Inequality InRome Seminar Series.
Next seminar in line with Clara Martinez Toledano on Feb 25 @cmtneztt.bsky.social . Tune in.
Full program: sites.google.com/view/inequal...
We’re happy to host Stefano Caria (University of Oxford @oxfordcsae.bsky.social) at Dep of Law at Roma Tre University for a new talk in the Inequality InRome seminar series 🗓️
He'll present: Training to End Poverty?
Join us in person or online 🌍
Info®istration: sites.google.com/view/inequal...
Thanks to Jan Stuhler (Carlos III of Madrid) for presenting his paper on intergenerational mobility and assortative mating in the US at Dep of Law at Roma Tre University.
Join us again on Feb. 18 for the next Inequality InRome seminar with Stefano Caria
More info: sites.google.com/view/inequal...
Next in the Inequality in Rome Seminar Series:
Feb 4, 12–1pm at Dep of Law at Roma Tre University
Jan Stuhler (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) presents:
“Intergenerational Mobility and Assortative Mating in the US”
Join us in person or online.
Info®istration 👉 sites.google.com/view/inequal...
Join us on Jan 28, 12–1pm at Dep of Law at Roma Tre University for a new talk in the Inequality in Rome Seminar Series.
Francesca Maria Calamunci (University of Catania) presents:
“Women Behind Bars: Do Single-Gender Prisons Reduce Recidivism?”
Info & registration: sites.google.com/view/inequal...
Point estimates of inequality differ, but the direction is inarguable. Data from the #GCWealthProject.
goodeconomics.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
Taxing the rich is a partial solution to inequality, but in full view working class people also deserve tax break.
#EconSky
Warm Thanks to Andrea Attar (CNRS-TSE & Tor Vergata University) for opening the new edition of the Inequality in Rome Seminar Series at @Giur_Roma_Tre with his inspiring talk “Incentives and
Competition: the Market as a Mechanism”.
Next: Jan 28
Info®istration: sites.google.com/view/inequal...
As the climate data for 2025 continues to be released, it's time to update various data visualisations.
First - the global climate stripes for 1850-2025. A third darkest red stripe is added.
The last 11 years have been the warmest 11 years on record. A sequence that is unlikely to be broken soon.
Very interesting, is this available in a new working paper?
Our new round of the Inequality In Rome Seminar Series at
@Giur_Roma_Tre
is beginning on Jan 21 at 12pm with
"Incentives and Competition: the Market as a Mechanism"
by Andrea Attar (CNRS-TSE & CEIS TorVergata)
Full program & registration ⤵️
sites.google.com/view/inequal...
📢🚨 PhD position in my new "@welgain.bsky.social" project 🚨 📢
I am looking for a 🎓 PhD student 🎓 interested in impact evaluation, welfare programs, labor & public economics, social policy & inequality, to work with me at NTNU in Trondheim (www.ntnu.edu). (1/3) 👇
What’s the causal impact of street noise on housing prices?
Thanks to @mmagagno.bsky.social (@diw.de) for presenting The Price of Silence at Department of Law at Roma Tre University. This marked the final Inequality InRome seminar of Fall 2025.
We’ll be back in January. New program coming soon!
